It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
More George Eliot Quotes
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It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
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One can say everything best over a meal.
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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools’ pleasure
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I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one’s mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
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Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
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Your trouble’s easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.
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